Connect 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Connect

3.9

(29)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Connect

Sanako Connect is the new flagship product from Sanako - the original pioneer company behind language labs and teacher-led language teaching software solutions for schools and universities. Sanako Connect is a browser-based language lab solution that allows language teachers to make speaking-based activities an integral part of their teaching. Sanako Connect helps language teachers to deliver better language teaching in the classroom and online.

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Connect Features

Popular features found in Virtual Classroom
Breakout Rooms
File Sharing
Interactive Whiteboard
Polls/Voting
Raise Hand
Session Recording
More features of Connect
Attendance Tracking
Blended Learning
Chat/Messaging
Content Library
Content Management
Course Authoring
Data Import/Export
Gradebook
Interactive Content
Learning Management
Live Chat
Presentation Streaming
Real-time Broadcasting
Real-Time Chat
Recording
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Screen Sharing
Self-paced Learning
Student Information/Records
Synchronous Learning
Two Way Audio & Video
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Conferencing
Video Support
Virtual Classroom

Connect User Reviews

Overall Rating

3.9

Ratings Breakdown

31%

45%

10%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.4

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

3.9

Amy A.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

Sanako Connect (not only!) for Virtual Foreign Language Classes

It's just a great product! Upgrades are standard; they are never satisfied with what they have. They are always improving based on feedback. This year's product will be even better the next year.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The customer service is hands-down the best in the business. Connect can be accessed on any device anywhere. It's so versatile.

Cons:

I can't think of anything I don't like.

Reasons for choosing Connect

Customer service, price, upgrades, versatility.

Reasons for switching to Connect

better connection, more versatility, more features

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! It's great to hear that you have enjoyed using our product!

Replied February 2023

Shawn B.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2023

It just keeps getting better and better!

This is a great solution for those who want a language lab with out the physical space. We went from a physical lab to a virtual one. I would say one of the best things about being a user is that Sanako is very responsive when you have a problem and does listen to feedback. As a consumer, it's nice to know that they are listening and constantly improving. If it's an idea they're working on, they've always let me know or at the very least let me know it's been added to the list of requests. In a nutshell, it's a great virtual language lab with support to match.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There are so many features. The two I use the most are the ability to have students record themselves doing a language task or the ability to record a conversation between two or more students. Those two functions have a lot of little co-current features that make the activities better for me as the person planning them. On feature I really like is the ability to put a maximum length on a recording. I have students do short, practice presentations in my Japanese class. Being able to set, and inform my students that they have a limited amount of time helps with encouraging practice and fluency. It also prevents what should be a short recording from going on too long.Not only can you set a maximum length, you can also allow students unlimited recordings or limit them to only a couple of tries. Additionally, you can download the files and then use them as exemplars or discussion of common mistakes. Also, students can also be allowed to download their recording as well. When doing pair/group activities you can set the recorder to record all participants. Super handy. If you're not recording, but instead doing a pair/group activity, you can make announcements to the entire class as the teacher. You can also pop into the group and see how things are going. Or, studnets can send you a message on Sanako and ask for help.

Cons:

There are only a few things that I find frustrating. One is the ability to mass delete groups/pairs. I can go through and do them one by one, but I feel there should be a button to send them all back to the main group like the physical labs had. Mayb it is there and I haven't found it yet. I am loving playing around with the Pronounce activity feature. My biggest frustration is Japanese is finicky. I wish there was a feature that would allow me bold or somehow denote what the particles are so when the computer reads the sentences, it would know it's a particle. Also, there have been a few instances where it's reading something in kanji incorrectly, so a way to put in a correction for the reading would be great too. I haven't tried this yet, but if something is put in parenthesis, is it read too? If not...keep it that way. I would love to be able to put something in the target language, and then the translation in parenthesis or brackets, so students know what they are saying. Then if this can be done, it should be in the instructions or somewhere very visable.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the feedback. We really appreciate learning about those development points you mentioned. This is super helpful for our product development.

Replied February 2023

Ryan L.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

5001-10000 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2021

It Didn't Jump Out at Me. Nor Would I Jump Out Against It

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I didn't have any trouble getting into the account and liked the idea of being able to post audio files in there. It seemed to me that this was the biggest advantage of this software, the potential use of audio files.

Cons:

This software didn't make a strong impression on me. I couldn't see any clear advantage of using it overall. I would not say the same about This is Language, which seems much preferable to it for all things not related to posting audio files. (Posting audio files wasn't really going to be successful in the context I was working in this year. That is why I didn't really try out that aspect of your software)

Vendor Response

Thank you for this review. This feedback is really valuable for us to improve the product and develop it to the right direction.

Replied May 2021

Isabella P.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2021

Sanako Conncet for Conference Interpreting training

Last year (year 1 of the Pandemic) we did our conference interpreting lessons through Zoom. it was adequate, but very stressful and time-consuming. With Sanako we don't waste almost any time. It's very similar to using the physical lab. Both trainers and students are much more relaxed and we can concentrate on the actual work rather than the technical issues. Indeed students who has work through Zoom only, last year, this year were overwhlmingly enthusiast to use Sanako. We feel we have been able to maintain the excellent quality of teaching we have given in previous years.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The main features that I find particularly useful are: 1) Advanced recorder: a two-track recorder that allows to reproduce the master and simultaneously record the student track 2) Ease of use both for trainers and students 3) The possibility for students to work on their own on the platform whenever they want and submit their work for feedback 4) Feedback: it is possibile to give recorded audio feedback. in particular on the advanced recorder task where students have performed a simultaneous interpretation I can record my comments on a specific point of the delivery 5) Template: it's possibile to create a template for an exercise and then import it to a several different sessions (classes). This is very time-saving. 6) It's very flexible: we can create many different and even complex exercises whith several activities and different type of content all in one exercise. 7) In general it is almost like working in the physical lab. (Sanako 100)

Cons:

One important feature that I think is missing is a way to save students recordings in a server. At the moment if the student goes momentarily offline all the recording s/he has done till that moment is lost. Some way to save the exercise done would be crucial, especially for exams. Another problem is that sometimes when they work in groups the system is not very stable and every now and then thay can't hear each other anymore. One small improvement would be to have the possibility to organise templates and exercises in groups (sort of like files inside folders) to avoid mixing different templates for different courses or different groups/types of exercises. The integration with our platform (Moodle and Zoom for videoconference) was not difficult at all, although not particulary relevant. We just put the link to the sessione inside the Moodle page of the course.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review. Your feedback is highly valuable for us.

Replied May 2021

Heidi W.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Brook Farm Children's Nursery

As an early years setting we are so happy that we have transitioned to Connect. The team are very professional, very friendly and knowledgeable. They are always on hand to help with any issues that we may have. The reports produced are amazing and are extremely efficient. Iconnect has made tracking children's learning and development so much easier for our team and the parents LOVE the app.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

All aspects of Connect and iConnect are extremely useful in our setting. In particular we find the reports produced for children's registration, financial and children's development very efficient. The iConnect app enables us to communicate effectively with parents and about their child's day and next steps in development.

Cons:

It would be useful to have face-to -face training upon implementation to help settings use the system to it's potential.

Brent G.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2021

Sanako Language Lab

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Good features I like the most are the ability of the students to record themselves and leave audio samples. I feel like you are only limited by your creativity and how to use this product. If given enough time to truly craft engaging provoking templates and lessons I feel I could use this product full maximum potential.

Cons:

Some aspects that I like the least are the fact that exercises cannot be ordered on the fly. You cannot place them in a session in any particular order. That's a limitation in my view. Secondly the voice chat feature is a bit complicated. I like the idea of grouping students together whether they were in the class or at home asynchronously and having them be able to communicate and talk with one another but in practice. I encountered a lot of feedback and it was difficult. perhaps if there was some master ability to mute.selected students.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the feedback. This is highly valuable. We will definitely take these into account in our product development.

Replied May 2021

Delna B.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2021

AP Spanish Teacher

I need to keep practicing more now that our classes have gone virtually with very little face-to-face teaching. The adage that practice makes perfect is very true.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is user-friendly. There is no fear of messing up at all. There are ways to correct /autocorrect any mistakes.

Cons:

I do not have any, but at times it can get a bit busy.

Vendor Response

Thanks for the motivating feedback! It's great to hear that you have found the product valuable for your teaching!

Replied May 2021

Fletcher H.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2021

Jack of all trades

Great!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Tthe actual core functions and applications of Sanako are great for my classes. I highly recommend Sanako.

Cons:

The program takes some time to get accustomed to using as it is not the most intuitive user interface and on occasion the cloud goes down (happened to my class on two different days but only lasted a few hours).

Vendor Response

Thanks for the review. We appreciate it a lot. It is always helpful to understand better what our valued users really like and do not like in our products.

Replied May 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed May 2021

Sanako Review

I like it but there needs to be a lot of improvement in the presentation of possible uses. It is complicated and not clear.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ability to let students listen and record themselves and compare their pronunciation with correct pronunciation.

Cons:

It is very NOT user friendly. I have to Google answers to find out how to make it work.

Vendor Response

Thank you for this review. This is highly valuable for us to develop the product.

Replied May 2021

Maria G.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

1001-5000 employees

Used other for less than 12 months

Reviewed May 2021

Unable to get students to record

Poor, I got support from the company but it did not work.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It has some neat features but I was not able to use it. Not user friendly.

Cons:

Only one time at the beginning of the year I was able to get one student to record from cell phone. Non compatible with laptops.Poor

Reasons for switching to Connect

Not able to record students from laptops.

Vendor Response

Sorry to hear that you have experienced some problems with recording. Any issues like this should be resolved already and we hope that you can try our product again in the future.

Replied May 2021

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